Two teachers banned from teaching after being named as ringleaders in the 'Trojan horse' education scandal have returned to the classroom.

Tahir Alam and Razwan Faraz were part of the 'Park View Brotherhood' of teachers, which exchanged some 3,000 messages in a WhatsApp group, including offensive comments about British soldiers, the Boston Marathon bombings and the murder of soldier Lee Rigby.

Mr Faraz, a former deputy headteacher of the Trojan-horse linked Nansen Primary School, is under an interim teaching ban, while Mr Alam was banned from any involvement with schools by the Department for Education (DfE).

However it has now been revealed Mr Faraz has been running classes under a different name, and Mr Alam has been teaching children in informal classes.

Tahir Alam (left) and Razwan Faraz (right) were part of the 'Park View Brotherhood' of teachers, and were both banned from the classroom

An investigation by The Sunday Times revealed Mr Faraz runs a Facebook account under the pseudonym Riz Pilgrim, in which he continues to express extremist views.

He has also been running £14 classes in 'raising emotionally intelligent boys'.

Admitting to running the Facebook page, Mr Faraz told Andrew Gilligan and Sian Griffiths of The Sunday Times his posts had been taken out of context, adding: 'I am campaigning against patriarchy in a huge way in the Muslim community.'

Tahir Alam became the first person to be issued with a blanket ban by the Department for Education (DfE), which accused him of 'undermining the fundamental British values' in September 2015.

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Mr Alam, who resigned as chairman of governors at the Park View Educational Trust after 17 years in charge after the Trojan Horse scandal came to light, is appealing to the High Court against the decision.

According to the Times, Mr Alam also allegedly continues to express extremist views on social media and has been teaching children in informal classes at the Khidmat Centre in Birmingham.

He told the paper: 'I am absolutely suitable for teaching any children, I have done absolutely nothing wrong.'

Park View Academy denied the allegations and the governors of Park View Educational Trust described the investigations as a 'witch-hunt'

The Park View chool (pictured) was at the centre of the Trojan Horse plot, which came to light following a letter published in 2013 which detailed an alleged plot by hardline Muslims

The Park View Educational Trust was at the centre of the Trojan Horse plot, which came to light following a letter published in 2013 which detailed an alleged plot by hardline Muslims to seize control of a number of school governing boards.

A probe into the Islamic plot in 2014 found evidence of anti-Western rhetoric, intolerance towards gays and creating the perception of a worldwide conspiracy against Muslims.

The letter said that Birmingham, Bradford and Manchester should lead the strategy. It stated: 'We have an obligation to our children to fulfil our roles and ensure these schools are run on Islamic principles.'

The letter was dismissed as a hoax by Alam, who is a prominent member of the Muslim Council Of Britain, named in it, who saw it as a 'dirty trick to feed anti-Muslim sentiment'.

Mr Alam has always denied any wrongdoing and branded the DfE's claims against him 'nonsensical'.

Park View Academy denied the allegations and the governors of Park View Educational Trust described the investigations as a 'witch-hunt'.